†Tarachocelis emmarossae Mey and Wichard 2023 (winged insect)
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Insecta - Tarachoptera - Tarachocelidae
Full reference: W. Mey and W. Wichard. 2023. Tarachoptera: the extinct and enigmatic cousins of Trichoptera and Lepidoptera, with descriptions of two new species. Contributions to Entomology 73:137-146
Belongs to Tarachocelis according to W. Mey and W. Wichard 2023
Sister taxon: Tarachocelis microlepidopterella
Type specimen: ZFMK-TRI000837, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (ZFMK coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (ZFMK coll)
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